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Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 24:, 1914:.

Application filed May 4, 1914.1 SerialNo. 836,137.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be itkncwn that LWILi-IELM O. BAGAASEN, citizen of the United States, residingat Hayward, in the county of Freeborn and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in `the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved table, especially adapted for use on board ships, railway trains, or like moving bodies, and, to this end, generally stated, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter dei scribed and defined in the claim.

In the accompanyingr drawings, which ili lustrate the invention, like characters indicate like partsthroughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, taken centrally through the improved table; Fig. 2 `is a plan View of the improved table; Fig. 3 is a side elevation `of the improved table lookingat the same at right angles from that shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a view principally in vertical sec tion, taken on the line :r4-w* of Fig. 2.

The top of the improved table is indi cated by the numeral l and the supporting cooperating socket 6. This ball` 5 is formed integral with the upturned end of a horizontally extended arm 7 screwed, or otherwise rigidly secured, to the head 4, and in a position to support the ball 5 at the axis of said head and above the same. The socket 6 is formed in a pair of horizontally extended plates S and 9, vertically spaced, the former above thelatter, This upper plate 8 is rigidly secured, by screws, or other- 5 wise, to the central under side of the table top 1. The plate 9 issuspended from the under side o' the plate 8 with freedom for yielding `vertical movement with respect thereto, by a pair of thumb screws 10, having screw threaded engagement with the plate 8 and loosely working through perforations in the plate 9. Coiled springs 11 are interposed between` the heads of the screws 10, and the plate 9. These coiled springs are mounted on the screws 10 and yieldingly press the lower plate 9 toward the upper plate 8. Obviously, by adjusting the screws 10 the springs ll may be placed under difierent tensions in order that the frictional engagement between the ball 5 and socket 6 may be varied,at will. By this adjustment the ease with `which the table top will move with respect to the head 4 may be determined or regulated and the wear between the several parts may be taken up from time to time.

The table top l is held in a horizontal` position, irrespective of the position of the remainder of the table, by a pendulum 12, having, at its lower end, a heavy weight 18. The upper end of the pendulum l2 is secured to a spider bracket 14, which, in turn, is secured to the under side of the table top 1 by the same means by which the plate 8 is secured thereto. This bracket 14 embraces the arm 7 to permit free `movement of the table top with respect thereto. It also embraces the outer end portions of the plate 9 to permit free vertical movement of said plate. The upper outer end portions of the bracket 14 are provided with perforations through which the set screws 10 and springs 11` `freely work.

To prevent rotation of the table top l in a horizontal plane on the ball 5, there is provided a pair of crossed flexible connections l5 secured at 16 to the underside of `said table top, and, at 17, to the head 3. A plurality of radially extended coiled springs 18 are anchored `to the spider bracket 14 and to the under side of the annular head 4 to prevent` slight vibrations which may occur in the table top l.

It is, of course, understood that the arm 7 may be secured to any relatively fixed sup port in place of the legs shown in the draw- `l/Vhat I claim is:

The combination with a table top, of a supporting head, having a central opening, an armsecured to said head and having a ball which it supports evei said opening, a In testimony whereof I afx my signature two-part socketI membel, Embracing the ball in presence of tWo Witnesses. of said erm, tle parts o me socket yeldl ngly connected one With the other, one pal-t WILHELM O BAGAASEN' 5 of said socket member being secured to the Witnesses:

table top, and a Weighted pendulum, secured GERTIE SWENSON, to said table top. A. U. MAYLAND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, '.D. C. 

